Tie-puller.



J. R. SMITH.

TIE FULLER.

APPLIUATION FILED APB. 12. mo.

977,975. /V Patented Dec. 6, 1910.

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J. R. SMITH.

TIE FULLER.

APPLIoATmN FILED APB. 12. 1910.

977,975. Patented Dea, 1910.

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34a/Mofo dsse m/w www JESSE R. SMITH, 0F BENTON, ILLINOIS.

TIE-PULLER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

"atented Dec. (i, 1910.

Application filed April 12, 1910. Serial No. 554,909.

To all whom it may cou-cera:

,lle it known that i, .lessa l. hit/11TH, a citizen oi the UnitedStairs, residing at lichten, in the county ol Franklin and State otlllinois, have invented new and useful ii'iiprovenients in 'lie-lullern7of .vl'iich the following is' a specilieation.

Thisl intention relates to railroad tie pullers, and the object ot the.invention is to improve the device upon which l have reccif'cd Unitedtahgs .Leiters lful'ent #Mil-,391, dated June 3th, 1905,'.

lilith the above ol. jee in vic the invention resides iu the novelcoinsir'ucimi and (.:fnnbiuation of parte hcreinai'iter iully describedand claimed.

ln the accomplinying is a top plan View of a de ice constructcffl inaccordance with the pres ut invention and showing the saine ia positionfor remoring a tie. Fig- 2 ,is a longitudinal sectional View upon theline f---/ ot' Fig. 1. Fig 3 is a transi'erse seeti al view upon theline of Fig. 1. Fi:v 4e is a perspective vieiv of the Winch. Fig. is' a:side elevation of the main ratchet wheel. Fig. G a detail perspectiif-cview of the loiver portion or socket piece oit' the operating handle.

In the device illustrated and described in connection with my patentedrail puller #924.391, above noted, the main ratchet, Wheel operatingWinch is connected Wi th the said Winch through the medium of a key. Theratchet wheel is provided with a circular recess corresponding with hecross sectional contour of the Winch and this means of attaching theratchet Wheel to the winch has been found by experience to be defectiveinasn'iuch as a key is frequently broken when the winch is ol'ierated,thus necessitating great delay and annoyance. Furthermore the ratchetbeing keyed to the winch is free to slide so that the socketpiece of theoperating handle as Well as the ratchet Wheel have been frequentlyWorked away from the key. These are the primary objections Which thepresent application is designed to overcome, but there are other minorobjections which Will be apparent as the description progresses.

In the accompanying drawings the nu.- nierals 1 designate the blocks,Which are similar in construction to my patented device, the same beingprovided With pivoted hook blocks 2. The blocks 1, in the presentinstance, are connected together through the lrawings, l `igure 1 mediumol spaced rods El, the name being connected in any suitable .manner withthe said blocks` l.

rlhe numeral l designates the improved winch. This Winch is ol" theordinary iiouiuled cross sectioi'ial ioifiuatioii, but is proiided witha pair olt spared collars or .flanges 5. (lne end oit' the winchfladjacent the flange 5 is pifovidcd with a fliuitzil'ile roundedlmariiig 6 which enknjage; one .=if the rods l. The nienilwr 5' n; ext

uitahlc ilifstance .so as to bc he toothed wheel 7, and th normallycontacted thin oi a dog fl which ir-l pir/daily ill-e nic-ciber l as atit). 'il T is retained upon the inc .he medium oi" a suitable tia.'which connected vrith the through the ineiiiuin oi" a l: curing element.The oppf I" with an nate-d by ed portion 12 extends a. non-circula 13,and the non-circular i A r.i=: n 1: provi with a reduced rounded portion111-. l extension further i' i"oi'i .ed Tivi-.lili a s Smaller roundedpc on 15 and this portion oi the Winch terminates in a noneircular enddesignated by the nui'neral 1G. The ein cular portion 15 is adapted tu'the reception of a toothed Wheel 1'? while the roi ided poi-tion 15serves as a bearing for the olocl; 1. The toothed Wheel l? is retainedupon the end oi" the Winch through the medium of' a suitable collar orflange 1S, similar to the flange or collar upon the opi osliitc 0nd otthe said Winch and the block 1 i a. gravity dog 19 which engages theteeth ot' the Wheel 17.

rThe numeral 2O designates the operating lever. This lever E20 has itslower portion provided with a socket piece 21, the latter comprising apair of downwardly extending arms Q2 and 23. The arm 23 is provided withan enlarged circular opening 211, which is adapted when in position uponthe Winch l to engage With the rounded enlarged portion 12 thereof. Thearms 22 and Q3 are spaced apart a distance equaling the length of thenon-circular portion 13 of the Winch and the arm 22 is provided With asmaller circular opening 25 which is adapted to engage With the similarcircular porenlarged rounded the numeral From this roun tion 14: of thesaid Winch. 'The socket piece' of the operating handle 20 is; providedwith a Weighted pivoted dog 2G, the purpose oi which will presently heapparent.

The nnineral 27 denignatee'i the winch operatingl ratehet wheel. Thiswheel 27 in '|'n'o'vided with a (zentral squared opening 2S, the latterheine' adapted to engage the 4squared hearing; fairlare l olf the 'winchffl. lt will he tnrt'lier noted that the arin 22 heingY provided with aSmall. opening' 253 envgrlxg'es the rounded portion lfland contante withthe Squared portion 13 of the winch so aS to prevent the lateral.i'i'io'veiiiei'it ol the handle in the direetion of the ilai'ige 5.'l`he brace block l. engagii'ig' the still smaller rounded portion 15 ofthe winch and eontaeting;I with the shoulder provided between thisportion andv the portion 14- in etteetivel)r snatained against. lateralinovoii'ient and the hraee roda 3 oi this izienmer eannezcted with theoppoaite i'neinlier l. retain all off' the nienihere in their properpossitiona. Familierlnore, the toothed -wheel 7 heine; provifftftl Ewith a central Squared oiiiei'iing and ewfaejing)` the Square-'lextreinitiee et the i bears against the toothed n-'heehs 2' and andthrough the inei'linn'i oij' their Securing; collars ll and 1S previ' 1the lateral nieve-- nient of either of th. d toothed wheelfi.

Each or either of the blocks l is provided with a suitable handle 29,whereby the device may be easily grasped and traneported from place toplace as desired,y and in order to easily manipulate vthe dogs 9 and 19these i'iieinbers are provided With offset fil'igers 3() as clearlyshown in the figures `ot the drawing.

Having` thanI tally decrihed the invention, what T. elaiin as new iS tIn a tie puller and replaeer oilf the classe defierihrd7 a [lang-edwinch, blocks having handles snliportinp, At he wine-h, Spacing' rodi;for the hloelcs? toothed Wheels npon the ivineh7 pawla for the toothedWheela pivoted to the supporting hloeks, one o'ri the ende oi the winchheine' provided with a small rounded. portion adjaeei'it the toothedWheel, and an enlarged rounded portion adjacent one o'tt the [langes ofthe winch, a squared portion between these roni'ided portions a ratehetWheel having; a Salmi-ed opening for the squared portion of thervii'ielna lever having' a Sozfketportion provided with a pair of spacedarias, one of Said arma4 heine' provided with an ei'ilarji'ed Circularopen-- ing', the si ond arin being;l provided with a refinred irri laropening; these openii'ig's beadapted to stradiftle the ratchet wheel toer the hwg-ge and the Sinail eir- -tio-s oit. the iii-nich, and agravity oted to the n'ineh and engaffn'ig he teeth oitl the ratchet'yWheel.

In testin'ioin.7 whereof atiix m5T signature in pres-ence or' tiroWitnesses.

JESSE R. SMITH.

livitn ossee lV. B. BLAKE, lVILLIAii-i C. LUDWIG.

